Too Long; Didn't Read
Virtual Brainstorming is a really important skill to master for distributed teams that potentially can have a huge collaborative payback. Participants come away feeling heard, valued, aligned and the organisation benefits from the actionable items uncovered. It is necessary to have group collaboration tools, for communication, white-boarding and polling. The session I ran was broad, took two hours and it was time squeezed with sixteen participants. Brainstorms takes practice and practice to maintain momentum and maintain momentum, however if it is interrupted.